_Note_.--This edition ("Öfversättning Af Carl. Wilh. Aug. Strandberg") was issued in paper covers with vignette portrait of Lord Byron. _English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers_. I. The/ British Bards,/ A Satire./ [1808.] [4º. _Collation_-- No Title-page. Pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 [pp. 17, 18, 19, 20, proof-sheets of 84 lines:--(line 1), "Health to Immortal Jeffrey! once in name;"--(line 84), "Her son, and vanish'd in a Scottish mist" + p. 21, proof-sheet uniform with pp. 1-16, of 20 lines:--(line 1), "Illustrious Holland! hard would be his lot;"--(line 20), "Reforms each error, and refines the whole"], pp. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. Signature C is at the foot of p. 5; D, p. 9; E, p. 13; G, p. 21; H, p. 25. Pp. 1-16 contain 284 lines: (line 1), "Time was, e'er yet in these degenerate days;" (line 284), "Of Jefferies! monarch of the Scourge and, chain." (Lines 281-284 are erased.) Pp. 19-29 contain 200 lines: (line 1), "Now to the drama turn, oh! motley sight;" (line 200), "And urge thy bards, to gain a name like thine." The last line of p. 29 is numbered 520, and the date 1808 is subscribed. _Note_.--The page measures 278 X 218. The water-mark on the last page (p. 29) is 1807; the water-mark on the original wrapper, "J.W. & B.B. 1806." A wrapper of the original sheets is inscribed, "This is the original Satire which L^d B. put into my hands. It was printed in the Country, where he had been staying. He added 110 lines before it was published. R.C.D." (_B.M._, E.G. 2028.) II. English Bards,/ And/ Scotch Reviewers./ A Satire./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ Shakspeare./ Such shameless Bards we have; and yet 'tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too./ Pope./ London:/ Printed for James Cawthorn, British Library,/ No. 24, Cockspur Street./ [1809.] [12º. _Collation_-- Half-title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Title (R. _T. Collins, Printer, No. 1, Harvey's Buildings, Strand_), pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp. v., vi.; Text (696 lines), pp. 1-54. The Imprint (_T. Collins, Printer, Harvey's Buildings, Strand_) is at the foot of p. 54. _Note_.--The words "Scotch Reviewers" on the Title are in Gothic characters. Facsimile of the Title-page faces p. xiv. of _Poetical Works_, 1898, vol. i. III. English Bards,/ And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ By/ Lord Byron./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!/ Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ Shakspeare./ Such shameless Bards we have; and yet 'tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too./ Pope./ Second Edition,/ With/ Considerable Additions and Alterations./ London:/ Printed for James Cawthorn, British Library, No. 24,/ Cockspur Street./ 1809./ [8º. _Collation_--